Explanation
This ordinance authorizes the Director of the Department of Public Safety to enter into contract with Intrado Life & Safety, Inc. (formally, Intrado Life & Safety Solutions Corporation) for the second year of a maintenance agreement for the City's 911 System in the Support Services Division. This is year two of a five-year maintenance agreement that will further enhance the 911 System to ensure that it stays National Emergency Number (NENA) compliant. The City of Columbus operates a fully redundant, geo-diverse set of Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) controllers that currently support operations at the Columbus wireless PSAP, the Columbus backup PSAP. The Division of Support Services upgraded the existing 911 system in 2023. This upgrade procured new hardware as well as upgraded software to ensure compliance with NENA standards and to provide continued services, and requires annual maintenance.
Bid Information: This annual maintenance to the 911 system is being executed in accordance with the sole source provisions of Chapter 329 of the Columbus City Code; Intrado Life & Safety, Inc. (formally, Intrado Life & Safety Solutions Corporation) is the proprietary software licensing and maintenance contractor for the City's current 911 System.
Contract Compliance number: CC-053232 Intrado Life & Safety, Inc (formally, Intrado Life & Safety Solutions Corporation) 84-0796285, expires July 30, 2027.
Emergency Designation: Emergency legislation is necessary to ensure that the 911 system is being maintained and the contract is executed in the shortest possible time in order to ensure the optimum level of this critical service to the citizens of Columbus.
FISCAL IMPACT: This ordinance authorizes the Safety Director to spend $204,102.72 to maintain the contract with Intrado Life & Safety, Inc. for the maintenance and support of the City's 911 system. This ordinance also authorizes the transfer of funds from object class 02 to object class 03 within Suppor...
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